Questions? Answers? Are you someone that people question about things? Do you have answers to questions asked? Do you try and help others? Are you someone that tries to help when others don't want it? Do you have a face that says, "ask me". Hope this makes you laugh.
My day normally starts out with me putting my foot in my mouth numerous times. The only time I take my foot out, is to put the other one in. I have over the years done and said some really stupid things, and there has always been someone there to haul my ass out of the fire. Usually family, but every now and then it has been a friend. Then like the stupid ass I am, I stick my foot in my mouth and say something really dumb. I try really hard not to hurt others, but sometime I do without realizing that is what I have done.
The other day I made kind of a smart ass comment about some things that were going on, both at work and at home and the comment snowballed. OMG. To think that people actually listened to what I say! Guess that shows me. I get the feeling that, because of my age, people at work kind of see me as a mother figure. NOT. I am a mother, but more of a figure that you really dont want to model yourself after. You see, if you ask my kids, I am not the best mother in the world. One of my kids won't talk to me, two of them don't have anything to do with me, and there is one that I don't talk to right now because I am fed up with the BS. Now that only leaves two children who speak to me. Not such a great average for someone that has six kids. C'est la vie (thats french for Oh Well (loose translation).
Anyway, back to my original thoughts. On numerous occasions my mouth overloads my ass causing me some really big issues. I say what I think. I was taught that if you don't, how is anyone ever going to know. OOOPPPSSSS guess when mom and dad told us that, they forgot to give us the part about not taking it to far. I speak my mind about everything and I mean everything. Just ask the people I work with. When someone asks a question, or makes a statement about something, they get my opinion whether they want it or not. We have had some very candid conversations, and I am not afraid or offended by any subject. How do you, as young people find out about things if you don't ask?
We were talking one day about patients holding their urine for too long and not making it to the bathroom. Well the Dr. that was there is kind of a soft heart, and when we told him about this lady that had that problem, he wanted to get a consult for a specialist. Me and my big mouth. I blurted out, if I lay in bed too long, I have pee running down my leg trying to get to the bathroom. Good guy that he is, he laughed and said TMI(to much info for those of you that don't know what it means). I speak my mind. There are some that don't think it is so cute. If you don't want my opinion, don't make open ended statements!
Then there is the sex stuff. I have found that if you don't make everything taboo, you get some really candid questions put to you. Now no one has ever called me a prude. Not even close, but there are some questions that you should be asking your doctor and not me. I think that I am very lucky that people find me that accessable and feel that comfortable talking to me about stuff. My kids over the years have done the same thing. To them, there is nothing taboo. Hell the sex talks that we have had, would make anyone elses mom have a small coronary. Guess since I am a nurse, they think anything is fair game. Sex, drugs, rock and roll and everything in between is all fair game, and Dolly/mom/grama is where the questions land. Would tell you what some of them are, but then I would have to be put in witness protection, cause my kids would want to kill me for telling you. I love that they feel able to talk to me about anything, but there are some things mom's don't want to know about...... eeeewwwwwww...
I am a wealth of information or so everyone thinks. I can come up with answers for gardening, sewing, rock and roll, medical issues, TV, marriage, drugs and or sex. Give me a minute and I will find out if it does not roll off my tongue when asked. I am going to write a book and call it Dolly's answer book. Should help anyone that might have a question about something.
Please don't think that I am being snide about this. I think it is great that everyone comes to me for things, but remember I am not the know it all that everyone thinks I am, that is Google. Just cause I'm old does not mean I know everything, I just bullshit better than the rest of you, I have had more practice.
So when you ask me a question, you should ask yourself one too, "does she really know the answer, or is she making this up as she goes"? Keep asking. I love keeping people thinking. Have fun guys and keep the questions coming, it keeps my life interesting.
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